Qimen Four Plates: Earth, Heaven, Human, and Deity Layers
The four-plate description separates the earth stem base, heaven stars and stems, human gates, and deity layer. The labels organize chart data; they should…
Overview
The four-plate description separates the earth stem base, heaven stars and stems, human gates, and deity layer. The labels organize chart data; they should not be reduced to literal claims about physical heaven, spirits, or a person. The earth plate is placed from bureau and Dun direction. The rotating method moves the star and heaven-stem ring from the Chief, places the duty gate from its sequence, and lays the deity order from the Chief palace.
At a glance
- Page role
- Foundation concept
- Terms covered
- earth plate · heaven plate · human plate · deity plate
- Verification focus
- The earth plate is placed from bureau and Dun direction. The rotating method moves the star and heaven-stem ring from the Chief, places the duty gate from its sequence, and lays the deity order from the Chief palace.
- Stop rule
- Do not let poetic layer names substitute for exact fields. A source-backed explanation names the palace, stem, star, gate, deity, state, and relationship it uses.
Direct answer and scope
The four-plate description separates the earth stem base, heaven stars and stems, human gates, and deity layer. The labels organize chart data; they should not be reduced to literal claims about physical heaven, spirits, or a person.
- Names and related terms: earth plate
- Names and related terms: heaven plate
- Names and related terms: human plate
- Names and related terms: deity plate
How the rule is formed or checked
The earth plate is placed from bureau and Dun direction. The rotating method moves the star and heaven-stem ring from the Chief, places the duty gate from its sequence, and lays the deity order from the Chief palace.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
Ask a layer-specific question: what is the base, what surrounds the timing, how can action move, and what support or ambiguity colors it. Then synthesize only after each answer is recorded.
- Name the visible chart fact before assigning symbolic meaning.
- Compare the asker and matter anchors with every layer in their palaces.
- Record at least one supporting condition and one counter-signal.
- End with a reversible action and an observable review point.
Worked contrast
A favorable gate cannot erase a strained palace relation, and a supportive deity cannot recalculate a wrong earth plate. Layer synthesis means preserving conflict, not averaging everything into a cheerful verdict.
Common mistake and limit
Do not let poetic layer names substitute for exact fields. A source-backed explanation names the palace, stem, star, gate, deity, state, and relationship it uses.
Sources and editorial basis
- 猪野毅「奇門遁甲の基礎的研究」Abstract and pp. 161–185: history and vocabulary; nine palaces; Three Wonders and Six Instruments; Eight Gates, Nine Stars, and deities; 排宮 and 飛宮 method distinction.A 2010 Hokkaido University research article used for historical vocabulary, the basic board structure, and the documented distinction between rotating-palace and flying-palace approaches. It does not test predictive accuracy.
- 《煙波釣叟歌》Wikisource lines 112–220: nine palaces, 陰陽遁, 三元, 值符/值使, 三奇六儀, 伏吟/反吟, gates, stars, vigor, 擊刑, 入墓, and selected patterns.A public-domain classical verse used only for the rule passages it actually states, including nine palaces, Yin and Yang Dun, Three Wonders and Six Instruments, Chief Star and Gate, gate and star sequences, vigor, and selected conditions. Legendary origin verses are not presented as verified history.
- OpenFate Qimen hour-chart methodOpenFate docs/QIMEN_SYSTEM.md, “Professional calculation contract,” “Interpretation and evidence contract,” and “Rule-source map,” source-reviewed 2026-09-12.Product-specific reference for OpenFate’s fixed-offset civil-time, hour-Qimen, rotating-plate, Chaibu implementation and its deterministic chart fields. A source review on 2026-09-12 does not prove live deployment, other schools, or predictive validity.